Combined mop head and wringer.



PATENTED' JAN. 28, 1908.

J. w. 'LAPPIN. COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 19 07.

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JOHN W. LAPPIN, OF KOKOMO, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES A.STYER, OF

KOKOMO, INDIANA.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. LAPPIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Combined Mop Head and WVringer, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to combined mop heads and wringers and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts ashereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a mop and wringer combinedwhich may be used to advantage for scrubbing, rubbing itnd wipingfloors, walls, windows and the like.

The device consists primarily of a frame to which is attached a handleand a strip of rubber. A pair of rollers is journaled in the said frameand receive between them a mop cloth. One of the said rollers is mountedto move or slide laterally in the frame and a spring is operativelyconnected with the last said roller for the purpose of holding thelaterally movable roller in contact with or toward the other roller.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mophead with the cloth removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mophead with the cloth applied thereto, and Fig. 3 is a horizontalsectional view of one end of the frame' The mop comprises therectangular frame 1 which is provided with a socket 2 in which isinserted and secured the end of the handle 3. Said frame 1 is providedat its rear edge with a strip of rubber 4 or other flexible materialwhich lies transversely with relation to the handle 3. The roller 5 isjournaled in the frame 1 as is also the roller 6. The shaft of theroller 6 passes through the elongated opening 7 provided in the sides ofthe frame 1 and is fixed to the links 8. The said links 8 are alsoprovided with elongated openings 9 which receive the extreme ends of theshaft of the roller 5. The spring 10 is attached to the forward end ofthe frame 1 and the ends of the said spring engage the links 8. Thetension of said spring is such as to hold the links 8 as far as possiblein advance of the rear edge of the frame 1 and as the shaft of theroller 6 moves with the said links and the roller 5 is retained againstlateral movement by the ends of the frame 1 the said spring 9 holds thesaid rollers in contact with each other or in the vicinity of eachother. The mop cloth 11 may be of suitable material and is provided atits opposite ends with a wire selvage edge 12 which prevents the saidcloth from passing entirely through said rollers. That is to say, thewire selvage will come in contact with the rollers as the mop cloth isdrawn between the same and serve as a check for the cloth. Each selvage12 is provided with an eye 13 and the handle 3 is provided with a hook14 which is adapted to enter and retain one of theeyes 13 and thus holdthe mop cloth in extended position, its opposite end being retainedbetween the said rollers.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that the cloth may bepassed between the rollers 5 and 6 for wringing the same. Also that thesaid rollers may be separated against the tension of the spring 9 forthe urpose of entirely removing the mop cloth 11; that the said mopcloth may be held in extended position for mopping or wiping and that itmay be wound around the rollers for scrubbing; also the strip of rubber4 may be used for rubbing windows, tiled walls and floors and othersurfaces requiring polish.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters- Patent is A mop head comprising a frame having elongatedopenings in its sides, a handle attached to the frame and with relationto which the frame is fixed, a roller journaled in the frame and beingretained against lateral movement therein and having a shaft whichprojects beyond the sides of the frame, a roller having a shaft whichprojects through the openings in the sides of the frame and beingcapable of lateral movement therein, links having elongated openingswhich re ceive the ends of the shaft of the roller retained againstlateral movement and bearings Which receive the ends of the shaft of theroller having lateral movement said links being located against thesides of the frame and being capable of longitudinal movementindependent of each other and a spring fixed to the frame and havingends Which engage said links.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' JOHN W. LAPPIN.

Witnesses:

B. O. MooN, R. 0. BROWN.

